1000 Francs CFA Coelodonta - Baby

Coelodonta antiquitatis, the woolly rhinoceros, vanished from the fossil record roughly 10,000 years ago — likely a casualty of both post-glacial climate shifts and human hunting pressure moving across Eurasia. Burkina Faso has no geographic or paleontological connection to the species whatsoever, which is entirely the point: the coin exists as a product of the Central African CFA franc zone's well-documented practice of licensing exotic commemorative themes to European bullion dealers seeking novelty silver rounds dressed in sovereign authority.